{"product_id":"a-love-story-from-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","title":"A Love Story from the End of the World (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and\nReese’s Book Club pick City of Night Birds, an exquisite story collection about\nhumans in precarious balance with the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e‘A rare jewel … essential reading for right now’ COCO\nMELLORS‘ Kim’s work is ambitious, elegant and deeply intellectual’ PANDORA\nSYKES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Resonant…affecting…lyrical…Throughout the collection,\nfleeting connections offer glimmers of hope…Her fiction offers a powerful\nreminder of what we stand to lose; that we are part of nature; and ‘we have\nwithin ourselves everything we need to save humanity’ Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e'Finely wrought stories…examining human selfishness and\nfinding gleaming moments of care and conviction, often prompted by an encounter\nwith a nonhuman being. Humanness, Kim suggests, cannot be wrested from the\nnatural world: when we lose the latter, we lose ourselves' The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat does it mean to live on our miraculous planet?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eVivid, transportive, and heartfelt, each of these ten\nstories is a reflection of individual choice in the face of manmade apocalypse:\nin a near-future Seoul encased by a translucent biodome, a civil engineer\ncharged with its upkeep contemplates an arranged marriage. An American painter\ntravels to the South of France and is seduced by an entrepreneur who claims to\nhave unlocked human consciousness. And where the Indian and Pacific Oceans\nmeet, on an island that has turned into a gargantuan landfill from other\ncountries’ waste, a boy has a fateful brush with K-pop superstars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor readers of Richard Powers, Elif Shafak and Barbara\nKingsolver, Juhea Kim’s first story collection views our world from\nbreathtaking heights. A Love Story from the End of the World is an impassioned\nreminder that our humanity – and our best hope – will always be found in\nnature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44881875304655,"sku":"9780008785802","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_3a79feea-ecba-4d1f-b5ce-4c07761e67e0.jpg?v=1772510100","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/a-love-story-from-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}